National Policies

This section contains key national policies, research and strategies that are relevant to the work of the Fingal Development Board.

Indecon Review of County/City Development Board Strategic Reviews and Proposals for Strenghtening and Developing the Boards (January 2008) (901.06 KB) Word Version of the Indecon Report (1,090 KB)

This report was prepared for the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government by Indecon International Economic Consultants. The report concerns a synthesis review of County/City Development Board (CDB) strategy reviews and recommendations to strenghten and develop the CDBs.

National Play Policy: "Ready, Steady, Play!" (March 2004) (713 KB)

This strategy seeks to increase public play opportunities for children and young people by improving the quantity and quality of parks, playgrounds and public play areas. It mentions the County Development Board as carrying out three actions in the strategy.

Ahead of the Curve: Ireland's Place in the Global Economy (July 2004) (3.23 MB)

This is the Report of the Enterprise Strategy group to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade & Employment. Although it does not mention CDBs it does refer to the need for more agile government at central and local level, which is key CDB theme.

National Spatial Strategy (2003) (3.78 MB)

The National Spatial Strategy is a basic nationwide attempt to define and deliver balanced regional development in Ireland. it has clear linkages to County Development Boards (page 12) where it asserts that CDBs will co-ordinate the socio-economic context of the Regional Planning and County Development Plans.

Review of the County/City Development Board Strategies (2003) (2,261 KB)

An overview of the 34 CDB Strategies.

A Shared Vision (May 2000) (171 KB)

This report set out how County/City Development Boards should set out writing a strategy, the themes which would need to be emphasised, deadlines for the production of the Strategies, ways of arriving at priorities and measuring the success of the Strategies.

National Anti Poverty Strategy (713 KB)

The National Anti-Poverty Strategy does not make direct references to County Development Boards but sets out a series of target that feed into the ultimate aim of erradicating poverty.

National Children's Strategy (2000) (5.9 MB)

The strategy seeks to address giving children a voice, improving their quality of life and learning more about their needs through research and evaluation. Specific mention of County Development Board are made in terms of providing a platform for the strategy to be implemented at local level. in particular this strategy has resulted in the launch of Fingal Comhairle na nÓg.

Social Inclusion Measures Report (April 2000) (42.6 KB)

This sets out the specific work that the Boards must do to co-ordinate Social Inclusion monies in the National Development Plan.

Preparing the Ground (April 1999) (82 KB)

This report was an operational description o how the Directors of Community and Enterprise as well as other executive staff would approach the task of seetting up the Boards, who should be members, the rules of engagement for the Board members and the development of mirroring community and voluntary structures in each County/City.

Task Force Report 1998 (60.8 KB)

This is a report containing the recommendations of the Task Force on the Integration of Local Government and Local Development Systems. The recommendations set out clearly what needs to be done at central and local level for County Development Boards to come into existence. It also defined the term 'governance' in the context of what will happen at local level.